Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mostъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

• From earlier *mosstъ < *mozdtъ, from Proto-Indo-European *mosd-to-s (“aggregate of timbers/boards”), from *mosd- + *tos (“collective”). Morphologically *mos- +‎ *-tъ.

  Cognate with Latin mālus (“mast, pole”) (< *masdos and l < d), Middle Irish maide (“mast, stick”) (< *masdyos), Proto-Germanic *mastaz (> English mast)

• From earlier *mottъ (“something what is dropped, thrown over”), from *mesti (“to throw, to drop”) +‎ *-tъ

Noun

*mȍstъ m

1. bridge

   Synonym: *brьvь

Declension

Declension of *mȍstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mȍstъ	*mȍsta	*mȍsti
genitive	*mȍsta	*mostù	*mòstъ
dative	*mȍstu	*mostomà	*mostòmъ
accusative	*mȍstъ	*mȍsta	*mȍsty
instrumental	*mȍstъmь, *mȍstomь*	*mostomà	*mostý
locative	*mȍstě	*mostù	*mostě̃xъ
vocative	*moste	*mȍsta	*mȍsti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *mostarь
• *mostena
• *mostěnъ
• *mostica, *mostika, *mostikъ
• *mostišče
• *Mostiťь, *mostiťь
• *mostovьje
• *mostъka, *mostъkъ
• *mostь
• *mostьcь
• *mostьskъ
• *mostiti
  • *mostina
  • *mostyka
• *mostovъ
  • *mostovica, *mostovikъ
  • *mostovina
  • *mostovišče
  • *mostovъka
• *mostьnъ
  • *mostьnica, *mostьnikъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мостъ (mostŭ)
    • Belarusian: мост (most)
    • Russian: мост (most), мостъ (most) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Kildin Sami: мо̄сст (mōsst)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: міст (mist)
    • Ukrainian: міст (mist)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мостъ (mostŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰿⱁⱄⱅⱏ (mostŭ)

  • Bulgarian: мост (most)
  • Macedonian: мост (most)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: мо̑ст

    Latin: mȏst

  • Slovene: mọ̑st (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: most
    • Czech: most
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): most
  • Polabian: möst
  • Old Polish: most
    • Polish: most
    • Silesian: most
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: mòst
    • Slovincian: môst
  • Slovak: most
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: móst
    • Lower Sorbian: móst

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mostъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 30